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Union workers reject Crystal Sugar’s concession demands
July 6, 2012A total of 82 percent of union members voted on the demands. Of those, 63 percent voted to reject Crystal's contract offer.
Read moreSome Republican anti-labor moves derailed, the fight goes on
June 20, 2012Three narrow votes in a key Senate committee and some crafty maneuvering by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., derailed anti-labor schemes that right-wing Republican senators hatched and floated in mid-June.
Read moreAFGE: new poultry inspection rules endanger public’s health
June 1, 2012The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents all federal poultry inspectors, is telling the Obama administration to reject planned new poultry inspection rules.
Read moreLatina moms in Chicago: “We’re done crying!”
May 23, 2012Except for one grandmother, the rest of the 20 or so women who patrol the streets around Davis Elementary School here every weekday are in their 20s and 30s.
Read moreCities’ budget cuts target firefighters, slowing responses
May 17, 2012From coast to coast, mayors and city councils are hacking away at firefighters' ranks in desperate attempts to cut budgets and save cash by cutting workers.
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